Corinne Baum

Corinne Baum is a freelance writer and editor. She moved to Israel in August 2023 from Fort Worth, Texas. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri Reynolds Journalism Institute, where she specialized in cross-platform editing and production and minored in Russian. In her spare time, you can find her reading or at a yoga class. She currently lives in Jaffa.

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens speaks during the U.S. Senate debate with U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI) moderated by Roop Raj from Fox 2 at Fox 2 Studios in Southfield, Michigan, U.S., July 27, 2026.

Did Haley Stevens's fiancé influence her shocking decision to endorse a Republican?

US President Donald Trump picks up a photograph after delivering remarks at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, reopened after months of repairs, ahead of the midterm elections, in Washington, DC, US, November 2, 2026.

'We gave this a very strong shot': Trump acknowledges Republicans could suffer losses in midterms

US Representative Haley Stevens, a Michigan Democrat and the rival Abdul El-Sayed defeated in the Senate primary, speaks with the media next to Republican US Senate candidate Mike Rogers who she endorsed, after attending the Perfecting Church in Detroit, Michigan, US November 1, 2026.

'Loyalty should never require abandoning values': Haley Stevens defends Rogers midterms endorsement


US Embassy in Russia warns citizens in Moscow of potential 'mass casualty event' near museum

"The US Embassy in Moscow is aware of a credible threat of a mass casualty event TODAY, October 31, at the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve in Moscow," the embassy wrote.

A photograph taken on October 22, 2017 shows the Tsaritsyno Palace Museum and Reserve in the South of Moscow.

Shin Bet probes suspected Qatari, Turkish funding to boost Arab turnout in Israeli election

A CEC source told the Post that the investigation will not delay final results • Police arrest four more suspects in separate election-bribery case

Chairman of the Central Elections Committee (CEC), Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg, Acting Director-General of the CEC, Attorney Din Livne, and committee members attend the registration of party lists ahead of the upcoming Israeli elections at the Knesset in Jerusalem, September 7, 2026.

Mamdani calls for end to Israeli 'occupation, genocide' after IDF detains volunteers in West Bank

Mamdani’s comments come after several other Jewish organizations and world leaders decried the IDF’s decision to detain around 90 volunteers who went to help Palestinian farmers.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks, September 14, 2026; illustrative

WATCH: IDF detains 90 West Bank olive harvest volunteers, including US congressional nominee Lander

Rabbis for Human Rights said its volunteers were working near Bethlehem to accompany Palestinian farmers to groves as part of the olive harvest • Lander released with warning, source tells 'Post'

IDF forces detain volunteers with Rabbis for Human Rights in the West Bank village of Nehalim on October 21, 2026.

Russia releases wrongfully detained US citizen Hubbard following Witkoff-Putin meeting

The Michigan native, 74, was detained in Ukraine in 2024. Russia’s judiciary alleged that he was fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine in the war, though his family denied the claims.

US citizen Stephen Hubbard with Special Envoy Steve Witkoff after being freed from Russian captivity, October 21, 2026.

Texas A-G, Senate candidate Paxton partied in Dubai with his mistress, federal fugitives - report

This comes as James Talarico holds a slight lead over Paxton in Texas’s Senate race. If Talarico wins the race, he will be the first Democrat to hold statewide office since the 1990's.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Capitol Hill, in Washington Thursday, 4th June 2026

Katie Zacharia claims to be a lawyer. Was she ever actually licensed? - report

A spokesman for the State Bar of California told The Washington Post that it “has no record of Kate Sharon Zacharia or Kate Sharon Black having been licensed to practice law in California."

Reporters raise their hands to ask questions as the new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia holds her first press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, US, October 13, 2026.

Former military secretary alleges attempt to alter official records of Oct. 7 massacre timeline

“What the public is being told is not what actually happened,” he added. “This isn’t my truth. It’s the country’s truth.”

Former military secretary Avi Gil.

Revealed Russian winter assault plans cripple Ukraine power grid, heat, water systems - report

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appeared to verify the NYT report in an interview with Reuters, adding that Ukraine would "respond in any way (we can)."

A resident walks past an exhibition of destroyed Russian military vehicles covered with snow during cold weather and often power and heating outages after critical civilian infrastructure was hit by recent Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine.

Bennett: IDF will collapse without haredi enlistment, Netanyahu is dismantling military

Former PM warns IDF 'on verge of collapse' without haredi conscription • Netanyahu 'leading the most serious threat of all' in mass draft evasions, vote for PM is 'direct vote against troops'

B'Yachad leader and former prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the Hostages Square, in Tel Aviv, September 29, 2026